Medical Services in Mai Khao
Everything below is available from Doctor Bangtao Takecare Medical Clinic throughout Mai Khao,
24 hours, every day, without an appointment. Most of it can be done at your hotel or villa, usually
within about an hour. Prices are given before treatment, and every visit can produce an English
report and an itemised receipt for your insurer.
Services
- Doctor Hotel Visit in Mai Khao — A doctor comes to your room or villa anywhere in Mai Khao, at any hour.
- Doctor On Call in Mai Khao — Describe the problem by phone or WhatsApp and get a straight answer before anyone travels.
- English-Speaking Doctor in Mai Khao — Consultations in plain English, with interpreting for other languages on request.
- 24 Hour Emergency Care in Mai Khao — Urgent problems assessed at any hour, with honest triage about where you should be.
- Nearest Walk-In Clinic to Mai Khao — Where to go when you would rather be seen in person, and what the journey involves.
- Hospital Transfer and Referral in Mai Khao — Referral and ambulance coordination to the Phuket hospitals when you need one.
- IV Drip Therapy in Mai Khao — Rehydration and anti-sickness given in your room for stomach illness, heat and exhaustion.
- Children and Family Care in Mai Khao — Fevers, rashes, stomach upsets and ear pain in children, seen where they are.
- Blood Tests in Mai Khao — Same-visit bloods including dengue, full blood count, liver, kidney and glucose.
- Health Screening in Mai Khao — General check-ups and screening panels for long-stay guests and residents.
- Confidential STI Testing in Mai Khao — Discreet screening with private results, including before you fly home.
- Travel Vaccinations in Mai Khao — Tetanus, hepatitis A and B, typhoid, rabies and influenza while you are here.
- Rabies Vaccination in Mai Khao — Post-exposure shots started immediately after a dog, cat or monkey bite.
- Stitches and Wound Care in Mai Khao — Cuts closed properly, and dressings changed without a trip across the island each time.
- Burn Treatment in Mai Khao — Scalds, exhaust burns and blistering sun damage assessed, cleaned and dressed.
- Prescription Refill in Mai Khao — Replace lost, spoiled or finished medication. Bring the box or a photo of it.
- Medical Certificate in Mai Khao — Fit-to-fly, sick leave, insurance and visa certificates, issued the same visit.
- Fit-to-Fly Certificate in Mai Khao — Airline-format clearance after illness, injury, surgery or a cast.
- Pre-Flight Medical Check in Mai Khao — A check before a long flight home, useful after illness or with a chronic condition.
- Airport Medical Assistance in Mai Khao — Help for problems that start on arrival or on the way to the airport, minutes away.
- Travel Insurance Claims in Mai Khao — Itemised receipts and English medical reports formatted for your insurer.
- Repatriation and Medical Escort in Mai Khao — Documentation and coordination when an insurer is flying you home.
Conditions we treat
Grouped by how people tend to arrive rather than alphabetically.
Sun, heat and the first few days
- Heat exhaustion treatment in Mai Khao — Dizziness, cramps and collapse after too long on an unshaded beach.
- Heat rash treatment in Mai Khao — The itching red rash that appears in the first few days of a hot-country trip.
- Sunburn treatment in Mai Khao — This beach has almost no natural shade. Blistering burns cooled and dressed.
- Dehydration treatment in Mai Khao — Heat, alcohol and a stomach bug together – corrected quickly with an IV.
- Jet lag and travel fatigue treatment in Mai Khao — When exhaustion after a long flight is not settling the way it should.
Stomach and fever
- Food poisoning treatment in Mai Khao — Sudden vomiting and cramps after a meal, with fluids given where you are.
- Traveller’s diarrhoea treatment in Mai Khao — The commonest illness of a Thailand trip, and the fluid loss underneath it.
- Dengue fever treatment in Mai Khao — Tested on site. The painkiller rule matters more here than anywhere else.
- Fever treatment in Mai Khao — High temperature assessed properly rather than guessed at, at any hour.
The beach and the water
- Jellyfish sting treatment in Mai Khao — Stings treated correctly rather than with the folklore you will be offered.
- Sea urchin spines treatment in Mai Khao — Spines removed from feet and hands, and the ones better left alone left alone.
- Swimmer’s ear treatment in Mai Khao — The painful outer-ear infection that follows days of swimming in warm water.
- Ear barotrauma treatment in Mai Khao — Ear pain on a flight, or after diving, and whether you are fit to fly again.
Bites, stings and reactions
- Insect bites treatment in Mai Khao — Sandfly and mosquito bites that have become infected or will not settle.
- Dog and monkey bites treatment in Mai Khao — Wound care plus the rabies clock, which starts the moment it happens.
- Allergic reactions treatment in Mai Khao — Food, sting and drug reactions, and the signs that mean call an ambulance.
Scooters and the road
- Motorbike accident injuries treatment in Mai Khao — Assessed and cleaned, with honest referral when it needs an x-ray.
- Road rash treatment in Mai Khao — Gravel-embedded grazes cleaned thoroughly so they do not scar or infect.
- Exhaust pipe burn treatment in Mai Khao — The calf burn almost every scooter rider gets. Deeper than it looks.
Knocks, cuts and the morning after
- Cuts and lacerations treatment in Mai Khao — Closed properly rather than taped over, and checked for infection after.
- Sprained ankle treatment in Mai Khao — Strapped, assessed for fracture, and an honest answer on walking again.
- Severe hangover treatment in Mai Khao — Rehydration and anti-sickness, plus a check that it is only a hangover.
A few things worth knowing before you need them
- A burn wants twenty minutes of cool running water before anything else — burn treatment.
- An exhaust burn is nearly always deeper than it looks and should not be left to a plaster — exhaust pipe burns.
- A dog, cat or monkey bite starts a clock. Wash it for fifteen minutes and ask the same day — rabies vaccination.
- With a fever in this region, take paracetamol only until dengue is excluded — dengue fever.
- A child who has stopped drinking matters more than the number on the thermometer — children and family care.
- Any open wound stays out of the sea and out of the pool while it is healing.
- If you need a certificate for a flight, ask the day before rather than the morning of — fit-to-fly certificates.
What cannot be done at a hotel
X-rays, scans, procedures needing a sterile room, and rabies immunoglobulin all need a building. When
that is what you need, you will be told so rather than sold a visit — see
the nearest walk-in clinic at Cherng Talay, Thalang, and
hospital transfer and referral for anything beyond it.
Part of the Takecare network
Doctor Bangtao Takecare Medical Clinic is part of Takecare Clinic group across Phuket, Krabi and Chon Buri. Treatment started here carries on at
any of the group’s clinics without starting the history again.
If you are not sure it is worth calling
Call or message and describe it. That is a thirty-second conversation, it is free, and it settles the
question more often than not. If it is something we cannot help with, we will say so and tell you where
to go instead — see doctor on call.